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Media type:
E-Article
Title:
Normalization Strategies of Children With Asthma
Contributor:
Protudjer, Jennifer L. P.;
Kozyrskyj, Anita L.;
Becker, Allan B.;
Marchessault, Gail
Published:
SAGE Publications, 2009
Published in:
Qualitative Health Research, 19 (2009) 1, Seite 94-104
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1177/1049732308327348
ISSN:
1049-7323;
1552-7557
Origination:
Footnote:
Description:
Despite understanding the physiologic effects of childhood asthma, less is known about how children perceive living with asthma. We undertook semistructured, in-depth interviews with 11 boys and 11 girls (all aged 11) drawn from a larger ongoing asthma study of Manitoba children born in 1995. All had asthma, as diagnosed by a pediatric allergist. We sought to further understand how children perceive asthma. Children spoke of feeling different and commonly used words such as “pain” and “hurt.” We have categorized children's strategies to normalize their lives as (a) minimizing the health impact, (b) stressing normality, (c) emphasizing abilities, (d) making adaptations in daily living, and, (e) managing symptoms with medications. These findings suggest that aspects of other researchers' work regarding normalization efforts of children with various chronic diseases also apply in a chronic condition that is less obvious.